在莫哈维沙漠地幔中,有权力法流动的证据
Andrew M Freed1, Roland Bürgmann
1Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. freed@purdue.edu
Nature
|July 30, 2004
概括
大规模的地震引发了地球地幔中的粘性流动,最好的解释是动力定律,而不是牛顿的模型. 这一发现,利用加利福尼亚地震的数据,表明上层地幔比下层地更弱.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 构造物理学 构造物理学
- 类风病学 类风病学 类风病学
背景情况:
- 地震会引起压力变化,导致地下层和地幔上层的粘性流动.
- 实验室实验表明,石质层岩石的变形遵循一个动力定律的应力-应变速率关系.
- 地力学模型经常使用牛顿 (线性) 关系来简化这种流动.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究大地震后地球地幔的浮力学行为.
- 确定功率定律模型是否比牛顿模型更好地解释观察到的地震后表面变形.
- 为了比较南加州下方的地幔和下层地的强度.
主要方法:
- 将功率定律粘流模型 (n=3.5) 应用于地震后变形数据.
- 在1992年的Landers和1999年的Hector矿山地震后分析了表面变形.
- 将模型预测与观察到的空间和时间变形模式进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 具有n=3.5的功率定律模型准确地解释了大地震后的暂时表面变形.
- 这种风学意味着粘度在空间和时间上有所变化,挑战了牛顿假设.
- 结果与橄素的实验室数据一致,并表明莫哈维沙漠下面的上层地幔较弱.
结论:
- 权力定律的风力学对于准确建模地幔流动和地震后变形至关重要.
- 牛顿模型不足以捕捉地幔的复杂,压力依赖的粘性行为.
- 南加州下方的上层地幔似乎比下层地更弱.
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